Thornsberry Collins

CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
21st Battalion, Virginia Infantry
OVERVIEW:
21st Infantry Battalion [also called Pound Gap or Special Service Battalion] was organized during the fall of 1861 with six companies. The unit served in the Department of Western Virginia until November, 1862, when it merged into the 64th Regiment Virginia Infantry. Lieutenant Colonel Campbell Slemp and Major John B. Thompson were in command.

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U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
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Name Thornsberry Collins
Enlistment Rank Private
Muster Place Virginia
Muster Regiment Scott County Mil Infantry
Muster Regiment Type Infantry
Muster Information Enlisted
Side of War Confederacy
Title Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records

U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
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Name Thornsberry Collins
Enlistment Date 6 Apr 1862
Enlistment Place Moccisan Gap, Virginia
Enlistment Rank Private
Muster Date 6 Apr 1862
Muster Place Virginia
Muster Company E
Muster Regiment 21st Battn Infantry
Muster Regiment Type Infantry
Muster Information Enlisted
Side of War Confederacy
Notes 1862-05-26 On rolls, Present
Title The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865
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Name Thornsberry Collins
Enlistment Date 1862
Military Unit Twenty-First Battalion, Infantry (Pound Gap Battalion, Thompson's Battalion, Special Service Battalion)

1850 United States Federal Census

Name Thornsberry Collins
Gender Male
Race White
Age 17
Birth Year abt 1833
Birthplace Virginia
Home in 1850 Western District, Scott, Virginia, USA
Occupation Farmer
Industry Agriculture
Line Number 20
Dwelling Number 946
Family Number 946
Household members
Name Age
John Collins 31
Matilda Collins 50
Peggy Collins 22
William K Collins 21
Phebe Collins 19
Thornsberry Collins 17
Enock Collins 16
Elizabeth Collins 14
Eliza Collins 12
Lucinda Collins 5
Malinda Collins 2

1860 United States Federal Census

Record details
Name Thomsbery Collins
Age 27
Birth Year abt 1833
Gender Male
Race White
Birth Place Virginia
Home in 1860 Scott, Virginia
Post Office Estillville
Dwelling Number 1284
Family Number 1284
Occupation Farmer
Personal Estate Value 15
Cannot Read, Write Y
Inferred Spouse Chaney Collins
Inferred Child Isaac Collins; Sarah Collins; Ichabod Collins